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Supporters of USC, including alumni and st udent s, at tended t he annual Carolina Day event to advocate for the passage of a bond bill for higher educat ion. Pa r t ic ipa nt s addressed elected officials — i nc lu d i n g t he ne w l y i n st ated gover nor — to push for t h is leg islat ion that would provide funding for the state’s deteriorating educational facilities and a new campus for the School of Medicine.

Tom my Preston, USC student body president for the class of ‘07 and alumni associat ion president , stressed the importance of the bond bill.

“I think the bond bill is certainly the most critical piece, to make su re t hat we cont i nue to keep ou r infrastructure afloat in some regards,” Preston said.

As a millennial, he also empathized with students struggling with rising prices for higher education.

“Tuition costs are impacted based on what the state of South Carolina gives us. The more we talk about that the more that we get legislators

to cont i nue to i nve st i n higher education, the more cost effective it will be for South Carolina families,” Preston said.

South Carolina has not issued a capital improvement b ond s i nc e 20 01 a nd

I would say I’m guardedly optimistic that we’ll go in the direction we hope to go to.”

Members of St udent Government also attended Carolina Day to push for legislation that will benefit the university. Natalie Pita,

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before t hen t hey were issued approximately every legislative session, or every other year. USC President Harris Pastides was positive about the future of the bill.

“I w ill tell you I am upbeat because nobody was overtly against it,” Pastides said. “We’re a long off from having votes, that’s going to happen later in the year so

secret a r y of gover n ment relations, spoke with a budget analyst who confirmed the “legal and technical capacity” are present for up to a billiondollar bond. Meaning the next step is to get political backing from the state.

“So at this point, were just here showing how much of an impact USC has on the state and how important a

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bond bill is for us and why we think it should happen this year,” Pita said.

Pastides praised Student G over n ment for t heir recent ly released st udent h igher educ at ion rep or t and honor roll that promotes increased student involvement in state government.

“I think they handled it very professionally, and it made today a litt le more tangible with respect to what we’re trying to accomplish,” Pastides said.

No t ab l y, G o v. He n r y McMaster on his first day as governor spoke at t he event and took pictures with those in attendance. Many believe McMaster, a former Gamecock, will be a huge supporter of the university during his time in office.

“He has been deeply connected to the University of Sout h Carolina and to the higher ed communit y for his entire career so he u nderst a nds ou r issues,” Preston said, “He’s been a huge advocate for us in the past. If his past actions are any indication of what kind of governor he’s going to be for us, I think we all should be looking forward to some great things ahead.”

A new kind of fraternity is trying to gain official recognition on campus — Beta Upsilon Chi, a national Christian fraternity.

Colloquially known as BYX or Brothers Under Christ, the A lpha Phi chapter recently held its fi rst spring rush after colonizing in the fall. “ We w e r e p a r t i c u l a r l y pleased to initiate the BY X chapter at USC because it was the fi nal SEC school for the fraternit y,” said Brian Lee, the national director of BYX. W h i le it i s c u r rent l y a st udent organization, BY X is work i ng w it h t he USC Fraternity Council to become part of the Greek system.

“In many ways BYX is like ot her soc ia l f rater n it ies,” said chapter president Ladd Platt, a first-year public health st udent. “We hold week ly chapters, f u nc t ions, open parties, mixers and more.”

Howe ver, Plat t d id highlight the Christian bond of the fraternity, noting that all social events are dry — a standard that he believes will “best represent Christ on this campus.”

M ichael Vinzani, t he chapter’s chaplain and one of the founding members, said that one of the fraternit y’s main goals is growth.

“I really want those pledges to come in and be like, ‘Wow, I ’m a p a r t o f s o m e t h i n g bigger than myself,” fi rst-year biochemistry student Vinzani said.

Vinzani talked about B Y X ’s s p e c i a l f o c u s o n brotherhood, namely through “cell groups” — small groups of 4-6 brothers who gather for personal discussion and fellowship.

“The guys share life and do life toget her,” V inza n i said. “That’s what makes us brothers under Christ.”

A nd soon, they might be brothers under USC.

Unveiled: Wedding class says ‘I do’ to lucky couple Kenna Coe @KENNACOE4

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Tuesday night the University of South Carolina’s Wedding Pla n n i ng a nd M a nagement class revea led t he couple selected to have their entire

wedding planned by students.

After narrowing down five the applications, the class decided on John and Nicole Dozier, particularly because of their interesting backstory.

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Eating kale: it could ‘kale’ you Nick Sembrat Fourth-year international business and economics student

Whether or not you like Trump, hope for success Andy Wilson Second-year English student In an age of polarization, Donald Tr u mp was a n i nc red ibly d iv isive candidate. He called his opponent the devil and threatened to jail her if he won.

His antagonism extended not just to Democrats but to a number of countries abroad, including trade allies like Mexico and fellow NATO members. His victory pleased probably the smallest proportion of A mer ica’s popu lat ion si nce t he “Corrupt Bargain” of 1824 installed John Quincy Adams in place of the popular Andrew Jackson. (Note: Russians do seem to be thrilled with Trump’s victory, which is not reassuring.)

The fires protestors lit in the streets of Washington, D.C., have only just cooled.

Clearly a great many people are not happy with our new president. I’m less than thrilled myself. A great many people are also, I gauge, hoping to see President Donald Trump make some of the same

mistakes real estate magnate Donald Trump and candidate Donald Trump has made. People are eager to see him fail.

The cont inued animosit y toward Trump has a similar root as the “I told you so” in average human relationships.

We all know how satisfying it is to say that when what we predicted or warned about comes to pass.

The satisfaction of being proven right is undeniable. But think about what smugness in your relationships leads to. If you tell a friend not to do something you think is a bad idea and they do it anyway and experience the consequences, you are left with two alternatives. Either be smug about it and remind them that you warned them about that, or try again to help them, despite them not listening to you the fi rst time. The fi rst option will strain the relationship; the second will strengthen it.

We have the same two options now, but I would argue that we have little choice between them when it comes to our president. As American citizens, we can’t just walk away. Our president’s failures affect us all. So we can’t afford to smugly sit back and hope he fails. Such a mindset is not conducive to healthy societal

functioning and is actually self-defeating.

Please don’t interpret me as telling you that you must get behind everything Trump is planning just because he won the election and is now the president.

I wouldn’t ask that of myself. Rather, I implore that both parties look first to the flourishing of the nation rather than to their own agendas. Political parties ostensibly exist to promote the good of the nation — if they welcome the deterioration of the nation because they think it will give them an advantage in the next election or simply because they are disgruntled with the incoming president, they have gone horribly astray.

For better or for worse, Donald Trump will preside over the nation’s welfare for the next four years. That is enough that all Americans should be wishing the best for Trump’s presidency. We can hope that some things on his agenda fail to be enacted or that his negative traits and ideas don’t spread further in our government, but let’s at least hope for the flourishing of our nation and the world under his administration. The least we can do is to pray that he does his office justice and leads wisely.

Don’t buy Trump team’s Orwellian lies Dan Nelson Second-year public health student

If you’ve been following the news this past weekend, you probably heard the phrase “alternative facts.” If you’re curious about the exact meaning of such an odd phrase, I’m not the person to look toward — in fact, the only person who could probably tell you what it really means is Kellyanne Conway.

However, I can tell you what this phrase and the controversy surrounding it mean in the context of the Trump administration, the free press and facts themselves.

The controversy was sparked by the Trump administration’s first remarks to the press, which went about as well as you’d expect. Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary who really hates Dippin’ Dots, ripped into the press for what the Trump administration considered unfair reporting on the size of his inauguration crowd. Spicer parroted Trump’s nonsensical rhetoric reg a rd i ng t he siz e of t he c rowd, stating that the inauguration had “the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.”

Not only was this statement totally false, Spicer backed up t his claim with blatantly incorrect information, information he could’ve gotten had he bothered to read any of the sources a v a i l able t o h i m . Fol low i n g t he predictable media backlash, Conway responded by claiming that Spicer was simply using “alternative facts,” a statement so bizarrely Orwellian that

even the interviewer was at a loss for words.

But why would “alternative facts” be considered Orwellian? A fact can be manipulated, taken out of context or bastardized to prove a point, but there is no such thing as an “alternative fact.”

“Alternative facts” suggest that Spicer’s lies were indeed truths, even if they were demonstrably false. Such language goes beyond the usual spin and pushes into dangerous territory — territory where there are no facts, just opinions hiding behind a facade.

This state of affairs, of course, is a significant cause for concern as no prev ious A merican administ rat ion has gone af ter t he press in such a way before. Previous administrations realized the need for keeping the press on good terms and what could happen should the status quo shift. The Trump administrat ion, however, seems to have abandoned this straightforward approac h a nd h a s si mply sh i f ted to attacking the basis of the media’s message in an attempt to delegitimize them. If the country no longer can tell actual facts from “alternative facts,” what’s to stop the Trump administration from telling its own narrative with any real consequences?

W h i le “a lter n at ive f ac t s” go e s well beyond what we are used to in the United States, many throughout history were well acquainted with the thinly veiled threat even this simple manipulation of language represents.

Umberto Eco, an Italian novelist who grew up under Mussolini’s reign, clearly calls out this kind of language in his essay “Ur-Fascism:” “All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an

i mpover ished voc abu la r y, a nd a n elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning. But we must be ready to identify other kinds of Newspeak, even if they take the apparently innocent form of a popular talk show.”

This is not to say that the Trump ad m i n ist r at ion is f a sc ist , merely t hat his administrat ion appears to be attempting to manipulate facts, la ng uage a nd t he med ia i n a way reminiscent of the beginning of such regimes. Rather than overreacting and calling this administration fascist (which it is not), we should call out t h is ad m i n ist rat ion’s at tempt s to normalize aspects of fascism, namely, attempting to blur the lines between fact and opinion. If we fail to do this, it will become nearly impossible to hold Trump’s administration accountable for its actions. Democracy only functions when t he government can be held accountable by the people. If we lose facts, we lose accountability. If we lose accountability, we lose democracy.

Like many college students, my dietary practices would at best be considered questionable. Instant mac & cheese, Chik-fil-A chicken nuggets and frozen pizzas are not luxuries but staples of my one-man nutritional wrecking crew. My more health-conscious friends have tried to direct me to the fresh and organic lifestyle numerous times without success.

A favorite healthy food mentioned when attempt ing to convert me is kale. The “Californian lettuce” has practically assumed state vegetable status and has b e c o m e s y n o n y m o u s w it h h ipster veget a r ia n c u lt u re.

K nowing nothing about this magical vegetable, I decided to look up kale to see what all the fuss was about. Turns out, the ultra-nutritious vegetable isn’t as healthy as you might believe.

Studies have shown that kale is unusually proficient at absorbing the metal thallium from the soil. This thallium, which is an odorless, tasteless metal that is created as a byproduct of burning coal, is then incorporated into the blood stream when eaten.

“It’s easy to forget what it means to be full of vitamins and minerals.”

In normal quantities this is not usually a problem, but a common trend for kale af icionados is juicing. Juice blends that contain kale concentrate a large amount of k ale, much more t ha n is nor ma l ly consu med, i nto a drink. Condensing the leaves fills the drink with vitamins and nutrients, but it also fills the juice with higher levels of heavy metals. High levels of thallium in the blood can lead to symptoms of chronic fatigue, arrhythmias, skin and hair problems, sensitivity to gluten and Lyme disease.

Increasing your intake of kale to this degree has also shown to lead to enlarged thyroids and complications with people who have thyroid problems. Not quite what you would expect from a healthy vegetable. Obviously, when eaten in moderation, kale is good for you and worthwhile to eat. But the danger comes when you try and eat a large amount of kale to jump start your health kick. Kale is not a wonder plant that will singlehandedly solve all of your problems. Going on a juice cleanse does not clear your body of toxins, but it does have the potential to add some new ones. Needless to say, if I decide to eat healthy, I am not going to devour all of the kale that is put in front of me. Next time you find yourself wanting to eat a little more healthy, be careful of what and how much you choose to eat.

It’s easy to forget what it means to be full of vitamins and minerals.

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WEDDINGPAGE1 John and Nicole are already married. They have known each other since high school, but they didn’t begin dating until much later. John Dozier served with the Marine Corps and the couple beg a n to date during his deployment in 2006. The wedding was originally planned for the summer of 2007.

“But then his schedule changed. He was going to be in California for this big training and then he deployed a month later,” Nicole said.

The only free weekend t hat t he couple cou ld get m a r r ied wa s t wo weeks after they heard of his deployment. The wedding took place on April 7, 2007, and the ceremony only included eight guests.

“Just our parents, some of our grandparents and our siblings. We went to his church and we got married,” Nicole said.

The couple has always talked about hav ing a big wedd i ng one day

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The wedding planning class at USC chooses a couple every year to have their wedding planned by students. and Nicole jumped at t he opport unit y when she heard about USC’s program. She has always loved weddings a nd wa nted t he cha nce to experience a real wedding

herself. The wedding will t a ke place M a rch 26, 2017, only a few months before their 10th year anniversary.

Nicole is excited to hand over her wedding

to t he cla s s of eager students. She said it will be fun to work alongside t hem t h roughout t he whole process.

“I think it’s amazing having over 50 wedding

planners instead of one, that’s pretty cool,” Nicole said.

Katie Brewer, a fourthyear tourism management st udent, is one of t he st udents planning t he

wedding. She says that all parts of the wedding, from the dress to flowers, are donated by shops in Columbia. Some specific vendors have been donating to the class for many semesters.

“It’s always difficult ask ing people for free st uf f, especially when y o u k n o w i t ’s s m a l l local businesses. It’s not always easy for them to give up such important products,” Brewer said.

W it h t h e w e d d i n g date set only two months away, the students have a lot on their plate for the next few weeks.

“I feel like it’s more stressful in the beginning just because we’re all trying to figure out the different pieces,” Brewer said.

U S C ’s We d d i n g Pl a n n i n g a nd Management class has pla n ned 26 wedd i ng s total, so there are high expectations for John and Nicole’s dream wedding.

We would like to thank John Dozier for serving our country.

Ringling Bros. circus makes last visit to Columbia Jenna Schiferl @JENNASCHIF

After 146 years, the Ringling Bros. circus will be closing in 2017. The final installation of “The Greatest Show On Earth” will occur on May 21, in Uniondale, New York.

“We are grateful to the hundreds of millions of fans who have experienced Ringling Bros. over the years. Between now and May, we will give them one last chance to experience the joy and wonder of Ringling Bros.” — Kenneth Feld, chairman and CEO of Feld Entertainment via a press release T he c i rc u s w i l l b e p er for m i ng i n Columbia at Colonial Life Area Jan. 26-29.

Tickets cost $13-$128.

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SC native nominated for Oscar Jenna Schiferl @JENNASCHIF

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V iol a D a v i s i s a native of St. Matthews, South Carolina. She was recently nominated for an Academy Award for best support ing actress for her role in “Fences.” Davis is the first African-American woman to earn three Oscar nominations.

She is known for her roles in “The Help,” “How to Get Away w it h Mu rder ” a nd “Suicide Squad.”

Davis was born in South Carolina, but her family moved to

Central Falls, Rhode Island, when she was only two months old.

She studied theatre at R hode Island College.

Dav is was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Inf luential People in the World in 2012.

She is one of si x actresses to score an Oscar nomination for less than 10 minutes of screen time.

She has said that she prefers performing on stage to screen acting.

WEIRD STORIES: Eat Mor Skittles Darby Hallman @DARBYHALLMAN1

For this addition in The Daily Gamecock’s quest to find the weirdest possible news to bring your way, we travel to Wisconsin, t he land of cheese, snow, Aaron Rodgers a nd, of cou rse, rainbow cows.

Our stor y beg ins in D o d g e C o u n t y, w h e r e hundreds of thousands of Skittles were found scattered across a highway last week.

The Skittles were all red and didn’t have the usual “S” on them, but Dodge County

Sheriff Dale Schmidt said he recognized them as Skittles because of the smell.

The Dodge Cou nt y Sheriff’s Department later posted on Facebook that the Skittles had fallen off a truck. However, it’s the last part of the post that makes this story pure gold.

The latter part of the post reads, “It is reported that the Skittles were intended to be feed for cattle as they did not make the cut for packaging at the company.”

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Review: Flaming Lips album not for everyone “Oczy Mlody” Release Date: Jan. 13 Artist: Flaming Lips Label: Warner Bros Duration: 57 minutes

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Jonathan Franklin @TDG_ARTS

Ok lahoma-based band The Flaming Lips have never been k nown for tak ing on conventional projects. In a lot of ways, they are innovative. In many more, they are just odd.

Their newest record, “Oczy Mlody,” is a mixture of both.

Released on Jan. 13, “Oczy” is the latest in a discography of over 20 albums stretching back to 1986, and it is difficult to

say whether the work is a step in progression or just another space for the band to feel out its own weirdness. Whatever the motive, “Oczy Mlody” is not for everyone.

The first track opens with a rather pleasant bass line that bleeds into the second. Entitled “How??,” this second song aims at being transcendental, and upon listening, one can actually find themselves lost within the music — if they are willing.

T h i s h ig h l ig ht s a t he me present t hroughout: One’s own inclination towards the melodies is dependent on his or her own effort in listening.

Unless someone is eager to put forth that effort and allow themselves to experience the music as something entirely new, the album won’t have an

impact on them at all. Halfglances just won’t do.

And perhaps this is where the album finds its biggest fault: that it must be dissected, it must be actively listened to, which almost makes it a chore.

M o r e o v e r, t r a c k s l i k e “There Should Be Unicorns” surely give the impressions of intellect, but intellect without real direct ion. They seem scatterbrained. They can even feel like blatant misfires. No Flaming Lips LP in the past contains near as many possible misfires as “Oczy Mlody.”

But other tracks, like “Galaxy I Sink” and “Nigdy Nie (Never No),” are phonetically pleasing.

These songs don’t require ef for t to enjoy. They feel SEELIPSPAGE7

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SKITTLESPAGE6 Thousa nds of red Sk it t les t ravel i ng on a truck to be eaten by cows.

According to a report f rom C N N, f a r mer s h ave b een u si ng t he pract ice of feedi ng rejected candy to their cattle for years in order to supply “cheap carbs.”

K i Fa n n i ng, a livestock nut rit ion ist w it h Great Plans Livestock Consulting, told CN NMoney that “(It) is a very good way for producers to reduce feed cost, and to provide less expensive food for consumers.”

Apparent ly farmers have been doing t h is for dec ade s , but t he practice really k icked off in 2012 following an immense hike in corn prices, and it might not be that bad for them. In fact, according to John Wa l l e r, a professor

of animal nutrition at the University of Tennessee, it might actually be a sustainable diet.

“I think it’s a viable [diet],” Waller told Live Science. “It keeps fat m ater ia l f rom goi ng out in the landfill, and it’s a good way to get nutrients in these cattle.

The alternative would be to put [the candy] in a landfill somewhere.”

The plot grew even t h i c k e r o n c e it w a s discovered t hat Mars Inc., the company that makes Skittles, doesn’t know how the Skittles got there.

According to t he Associated Press, Linda Ku r t z , a cor porate environmental manager at Mars, said they sell t hei r u nu sed ca ndy to processors who m i x t hem w it h ot her materials to make cattle feed. However, she also said that the plant from wh ich t he se Sk it t le s came is not one that sells products for animal feed.

“We don’t know how

it ended up as it did and we are investigating,” Mars told the Associated Press.

A nd so the myster y behind t hese road sk ittles continues on, and t he whole ordeal brought out a variet y of responses from light-hearted like our own lame rainbow cow joke to more ser iou s concerns about waste and animal health like those voiced in Eleanor G oldberg’s ar t icle i n The Huf f ington Post about the subject.

Rega rd less of t he r e a c t io n , t h i s s t o r y certainly took an unexpected path starting w it h candy being found on a highway in Wisconsin and ending with the nation learning about a strange animal feeding process for cows.

And while eating Skittles might not actually make cows into rainbow cows, at least they will be able to t a ste t he ra i nbow instead of boring old corn all the time.

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LIPSPAGE6 synthetic, sure, but in an entirely unobtrusive m a n n e r. T h e y a r e pretty, for lack of better phrasing, and no one’s ever faulted a song for being pretty.

This is the Flaming Lips fans have come to know and love, the Flaming Lips that knows no boundaries but is well in tune with its genre.

They aren’t indie, they aren’t alternative, they are alternative indie.

They are nuanced. And nuance almost always beg s t he quest ion: Are they just ahead of their time? That is, is the misunderstanding on the direction of the album a problem of the artist, or the listener?

The answer is probably the former, and here’s why: The Fla m i ng Lips have succeeded with somewhat similar efforts i n t he past. A lbu ms like “Embryonic” and “A t Wa r W it h T he

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Mystics” sold well and have garnered quite the fanfare without feeling too otherworldly, too unfamiliar.

In the end, a listener consu mes music to feel somet h i ng t hat resonates w it h h i m, and it seems any effort towards resonation has been lost on this album.

It’s almost too unique.

I f t he y ’r e a he a d of anyone’s time, it is most notably their own. For this reason, the album earns a C.

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Ta k e o n n e w responsibility, and your status rises. Things may not go as planned. Fact and belief clash. Secure the ground taken with help from friends.

Dig i nto a big job, a nd t a ke ca re w it h t he details. Use your imaginat ion. Flex your artistic muscles.

Learn from mistakes.

Emot ional energ y drives you.

Pass on being a party animal. There’s extra income available, if you work for it. Your morale rises with your account balance. Your discipline is admirable.

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Virgo Ta k e t i me out f or f u n w it h f r iends a nd f a m i l y. R e l a x a t i o n leads to romance.

Your sy mpat hy calms a n o t h e r ’s a n x i e t y.

Soothe and comfort the ones you love.

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Each mistake leads to deeper understanding.

Do the groundwork for unfolding success.

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Changes necessitate budget revisions. Mull it over. Consider your p a r t ner ’s v ie w w he n making decisions. Stand u p f o r w h at ’s r i g ht .

Physical exercise reduces stress.

Family matters have your focus. Collaborate o n a p r o j e c t . D o n’t forget an important job.

Clean closets, drawers and attics. Find support from far away.

Slow down, and take time to contemplate your next move. Gathering with loved ones is highly recom mended. Sha re photos and memories.

Remember what’s really important.

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Spend t ime w it h someone at t rac t ive.

Avoid silly arguments.

L e t g o of t he s m a l l st uff, and stay in communication.

Friendship and love are more important.

Practice your creative sk i l l s. Don’t g a mble w it h a n upcom i ng d e a d l i n e . E d it y o u r words carefully and get done early. Share and publish your strongest work.

Adjust to changes with a group effort. Remain flexible, and assume new responsibil it y. I nv ite pa r t ic ipat ion. Keep the project’s vision in mind. Work out details together.

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NOTICEPAGE12 Coach Martin shouldered much of the blame for Notice’s recent struggles, citing him not getting enough shots to get into a rhythm d u r i n g t he p a s t t h r e e g a me s .

Against the Tigers he made sure to do what he could to aid his senior guard.

“I had to do a better job of doing things to create space for him,” Mart in said on t he changes he THORNWELLPAGE12 opposing coaches view his suspension when casting their votes, Thornwell figures to be one of the frontrunners for SEC Player of the Year.

So f ill in t he blank: Sindarius Thornwell is the greatest player in South Carolina basketball history since _____ ?

With all due respect to Michael Car rera a nd Brenton W il l ia ms, Thornwell has clearly been the most impactful player of the Frank Martin era. As a freshman he stepped on to a team that won just five conference games and averaged 13.4 points a game. At times he has been the focal point of the offense, but for most of his first three seasons he functioned as an auxiliary piece to Williams and Carrera. This is unquestionably Thornwell’s team now.

If you move way back in program histor y, back to the golden years with Frank McGuire at the helm, Thornwell doesn’t compare quite as favorably to the most dominant players of t hat era. Unlike A lex English, or even more recently B.J. McKie, Thornwell isn’t a guy who seems destined to have his number hanging from the rafters of Colonial Life Arena.

But T hor nwel l h a s a c a s e to compete with the program’s stars in the intermediate era. Specifically, Thornwell is probably on similar footing with three-time A ll-SEC guard Devan Downey. Admittedly, that seems like an odd comparison at f i rst gla nce. Dow ney was a n

implemented. “Like in the fi rst half, when he made his fi rst one, I ran a play right away for him again.”

It was t his, coupled wit h him k nock ing dow n t he open look s his coach got him, that propelled Notice out of his three game slump.

No longer were the fans speaking of him missing 13 of his last 17 shots.

Duane Notice is back.

e le c t r i f y i n g t a le nt d u r i n g h i s t hree seasons in Columbia af ter transferring from Cincinnati before 2007. He averaged over 18 points per game in each season, including 22.5 points per game in final season.

He was twice named an honorable All-American. For three years, South Carolina basketball was simply the Devan Downey show.

T hor nwe l l’s c a r e e r at S out h Carolina has been of a different stock.

Martin’s teams haven’t showcased a primary scorer. Points are earned at the free-throw line. Thornwell doesn’t have the same gaudy stats and accolades that Downey compiled d u r i n g h i s c o l l e g i a t e c a r e e r, but he also hasn’t had t he same opportunities. Downey averaged 6.4 more field goals per game while at South Carolina.

W hen Thornwell needs to take over an offense, he can. Against Kent uck y he essent ially ran t he of fen se at t he poi nt wh i le a lso swinging down to the three and the four, finishing with 37 points.

Against Auburn Thornwell scored 22 points, but also allowed Duane Notice to have a career night. He can score when he needs to, but he doesn’t have to, and shouldn’t be penalized for not being part of a system that inflates the numbers of a single player.

Thornwell is primed to lead the Gamecocks to t heir f irst NCA A berth since 2004. Don’t wait until then to appreciate his impact on the program, he might just be their greatest player yet of this millennium.

COMMITPAGE12 Ja mye st W i l l ia m s, who is being heavily pursued by Georgia.

W illiams was on a n official visit in Athens t h is past weekend, a nd h i s d ad p o s t e d o n Fa c e b o o k t h at he t h in k s h is son is spl it 50 -50 bet ween the Gamecocks a n d B u l ld o g s . T h e younger Williams posted on Twitter that he wouldn’t be doing interviews until Feb. 1 when he makes his “fi nal decision.”

That’s ever y t h i ng I d o n’t l i k e a b o u t re c r u it i ng. W hen you make your commitment, t hat is supposed to be your fi nal decision. There’s not hing w rong w it h waiting until signing day to make your decision. Several

players in each cycle do that; that’s what the day is for. However, the day isn’t for back ing out of a commitment and signing with a new school.

T h e o n l y ex pla nat ion I ca n come up w it h for such a sudden spike i n decom m it t ment s is t he attent ion commits get on social media. A lmost all com m it ment s are announced on Twitter now, giv ing recr uits a n oppor t u n it y to grab their 15 minutes of f a me . I ’m not suggesting that players m a ke com m it ment s with the intention of d e c o m m it t i n g, b u t t he e x t r a at t e nt ion t hey receive af ter announcing t heir decision could i nf luence a n early commitment.

W hen I t h i n k of the true definition of commitment, tight end Will Register comes to m ind. Reg ister commit ted to Sout h Carolina in June 2015 and has never wavered, taking no official visits de spite of fer s f rom Tennessee, Michigan, Clemson and others.

Whether players like Williams f lip or not from schools across the country, commitments have changed for t he worse. W it hout decom m it t ing, it doesn’t feel right for players to be talk ing about m a k i ng t hei r “fi nal decision.” Either com m it 10 0 percent like Register, or don’t com m it u nt il you’re ready to stop pursuing other options. There shouldn’t be a middle ground.

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Rolling out from a screen at the right elbow, Sindarius Thornwell received a pass at the top of the key from freshman guard Hassani Gravett, planting and shooting in one motion. With 1:25 in the first half, Thornwell sinks his fourth three-pointer of the night, giving South Carolina a commanding 42-25 lead over Auburn. There is a brief pause in the action for an official review, but the call stands. Lost in t he of fensive outburst is the fact Thornwell passed Carlos Powell for the No. 7 slot in South Carolina’s all-time scoring leaders.

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Thornwell has quietly been making his ascent up the list. He ranked outside of the top ten just a few weeks ago, and in South Carolina’s previous game against Kentucky he leaped two spots to pass Jim Slaughter and A rt Whisnant.

T hor nwel l’s leg ac y is st i l l developi ng i n rea l t ime, but even before his suspension, it just always felt like he was in the middle of a historic senior season.

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Notice made 9 of 13 field goal attempts in South Carolina’s win over Auburn.

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“C o ac h I love t he t e a m , b u t I ’m r e a l l y getting sick of watching Dua ne Not ice m iss shot s. W hen a re you gon na start play ing someone else?”

A fan approached Fr a n k M a r t i n b efore Tuesday’s game versus Auburn and asked him t h is quest ion. Mar t i n said not hing back. He didn’t have to.

W it h a 27- p o i nt per for ma nce, on 9-13 shooting from the field, Duane Notice silenced everyone who had been questioning his shooting

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in recent games.

“Going into this game, I just k new we had to play well,” said Notice after South Carolina’s 29 point beat down of the Tigers.

A nd boy, d id he do that.

From the minute his first three pointer went i n w it h 12:4 6 lef t i n the first half, there was absolutely nothing that the Tigers could do to slow him down.

“When he saw the fi rst one go through the net, it just kinda made him relax a bit,” said Martin.

“That fi rst one for him is important.”

A f ter h i s f i r st shot was good, the hesitancy t o s ho ot t h at Not ic e had displayed in recent g a m e s f a d e d a w a y.

From t hat moment on he s e e me d i n a l l out at t ac k mo de: d r iv i ng t h rough t he la ne a nd fi nishing with a reverse lay up late in the f irst, drilling a three before t he half t ime buzzer from two feet behind the arc and hitting back to back threes near the 7:30 mark that brought fans to their feet to rejoice the return of their three point marksmen.

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I n t he 2017 footba l l recr uit ing c ycle alone, 630 (a n d c o u nt i n g ) players have decommitted from coaches and teams after announcing t heir verbal commitments. By the time you read this, that number could be up to 650, or maybe even 700. That’s because high schoolers are dishonoring t heir pledges at an unprecedented rate this cycle, as was the case with the 2016 class.

To put it in perspective, the 2016 cycle saw 249 decommitments. Just a year before, 120 players left their original schools, f ive t i me s fewer t h a n what we’re seeing now.

In 2010, that number was just four.

Ever y recr u it has the right to decommit, w h e t h e r it b e d u e t o coach ing changes or simply a change of heart.

I totally understand that.

But commitments seem to mean a lot less now than they may have a few years ago. To me,

when someone commits, he has the intention of attending whatever school he’s chosen. However, recruits are continuing to fl irt with other schools after their commitment, which doesn’t really feel like commitment to me.

This isn’t to criticize any one particular player, but in following South Carolina recruiting, I’ve seen a few examples of this.

T h e m o s t heartbreak ing example for Sout h Carolina fans came earlier

t h is week , when fou rstar safet y Hamsah Nasirildeen announced his decommitment from t he Gamecock s and that he would sign with Florida State. Nasirildeen committed to the Gamecock s in Aug ust, but he took an of f icial v i s i t t o Ta l l a h a s s e e during the fall.

W it h Na si r i ldeen out of t he class, South Carolina has shifted i t s

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